Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

تَأْهِيلٌ

Root: اهل

Full Definition

تَأْهِيلٌ , He said to him أَهْلًا: or he said to him مَرْحَبًا وَأَهْلًا: like رَحَّبَ بِهِ: [see أَهْلٌ:] IB says that [the first pers. of] the Present.T of this verb is with fet-h to the ه [contr. to rule: a strange assertion].
2 أهّلهُ لِذٰلِكَ, Verbal.Noun as above; and ; He saw him, judged him, thought him, or held him, to be worthy, or deserving, of that; to merit it; to have a right, or just title or claim, to it: or he made him to be worthy, or deserving, of that; &c. You say, أَهَّلَكَ ٱللّٰهُ لِلْخَيْرِ [May God make thee worthy, or deserving, of good, good fortune, prosperity, or the like].


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